GRE Word List
AMALGAM
a mixture of different elements
The meaning of the word amalgam is a mixture of different elements.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| inopportune | inconvenient |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| vigilant | alertly watchful especially to avoid danger |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |